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Sensex slips to 52,805 points, Nifty barely holds 15,700
Nifty fell 0.3% to 15,705 points (Photo credit: Moneycontrol)

Sensex slips to 52,805 points, Nifty barely holds 15,700

Jul 04, 2022
04:07 pm

What's the story

On Monday, the Indian equity benchmarks traded lower in opening deals, moving in tandem with global peers. While the Sensex slipped 102 points or 0.2% to 52,805, the Nifty fell 47 points or 0.3% to 15,705. However, the midcap indices showed bullish signals with the Nifty Midcap 100 edging 0.15% higher. Read on for more details on Monday's market report.

Round-up

Who were the biggest winners and losers?

As far as the top sector gainers are concerned, NIFTY FMCG, NIFTY PSU BANK, and NIFTY CONSUMPTION topped the list, edging up 2.59%, 1.63%, and 1.57%, respectively. Meanwhile, HUL, Britannia, and IndusInd Bank emerged as the biggest stock gainers, adding 4.13%, 3.51%, and 3.07%, respectively. Among the biggest stock losers were JSW Steel, ONGC, and TCS, which plunged 4.77%, 3.78%, and 2.43%, respectively.

Commodities

INR goes up 0.12% against the US Dollar

The Indian rupee (INR) climbed by 0.12% to end at Rs. 78.95 against the US Dollar in the forex trade on Monday. The prices of gold futures surged by 0.27% to Rs. 52,055, while the silver futures settled flat at Rs. 57,800. Meanwhile, the crude oil future prices declined by $0.91, or 0.84% to $108.08 per barrel.

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Take a peek at the global markets

Coming to Asian markets, Hang Seng and Nikkei declined by 0.13% and 0.84% to 21,830.35 points and 26,153.81 points, respectively. However, the Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.53% to 3,405.43 points. In the US, NASDAQ ended on a positive note, surging 0.9% to 11,127.85 points.

Crypto

How have the popular cryptocurrencies moved today?

The world's most popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin is trading at $19,377.49 which is 1.81% up compared to yesterday. Meanwhile, Ethereum is up by 0.79% and is selling at $1,066.54. Tether, BNB, and Cardano are listed at $0.9991 (0.01% up), $219.09 (0.9% up), and $0.4514 (0.63% up), respectively. Finally, Dogecoin is trading 1.77% more than yesterday at $0.06679.

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Fuel prices in Delhi and Mumbai remain unchanged

The fuel prices in Delhi remain unchanged on Monday, with diesel priced at Rs. 89.66/liter and petrol costing Rs. 96.76/liter. Meanwhile, in Mumbai, diesel costs Rs. 97.26/liter and petrol is priced at Rs. 111.33/liter.